PREFACE; CHAPTER 1. WHAT IS PERFECTIONISM?; CHAPTER 2. WHO ARE THE GIFTED AND TALENTED?; CHAPTER 3. COMMON NEGATIVE BEHAVIORS OF PERFECTIONISTS; CHAPTER 4. THE POSITIVES OF PERFECTIONISM; CHAPTER 5. THE NEGATIVES OF PERFECTIONISM; CHAPTER 6. HOW TO RECOVER FROM PERFECTIONISM; CHAPTER 7. MOST COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT PERFECTIONISM, WITH SOLUTIONS; CHAPTER 8. ADVOCACY; CHAPTER 9. WHAT TWEAKS MY BRAIN MOST ABOUT PERFECTIONISM; CHAPTER 10. GIFTED CHILDREN SPEAK TO US; APPENDIX: Resources; REFERENCES; FURTHER READING; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Summary
In her second edition of Perfectionism and Gifted Children, Callard-Szulgit provides practical insight into perfectionism, discussing why so many gifted children are perfectionists while also providing common sense solutions to the problems this presents. This book will be helpful to families and educators of gifted students, as well as to gifted children themselves. The expanded question and answer section will better help parents and teachers ease children's anxieties and behaviors that stem from the problems of perfec
